Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.
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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2024— Labour Party elected · turnout 42%
Craig Lee Timmins
Labour Party
3,514
Amanda Lesley Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,182
Ellen Graham
Green Party
663
Stuart McLeod
Liberal Democrats
234
2023— Labour Party elected · turnout 39%
Peter Carlill
Labour Party
3,926
Jas Singh
Conservative and Unionist Party
2,536
Ellen Graham
Green Party
251
Rob Lees
Yorkshire Party
250
Stuart McLeod
Liberal Democrats
205
2022— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 41%
Andrew Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,539
Craig Lee Timmins
Labour Party
3,243
Ellen Graham
Green Party
318
Ian Dowling
Liberal Democrats
228
Rob Lees
Yorkshire Party
225
Justin Thomas
Social Democratic Party
14
2021— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 44%
Amanda Lesley Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
4,424
Naheem Alam
Labour Party
2,808
Ellen Graham
Green Party
664
Ian Dowling
Liberal Democrats
312
2019— Labour Party elected · turnout 37%
Peter Carlill
Labour Party
2,891
Jas Singh
Conservative and Unionist Party
2,864
Ellen Graham
Green Party
643
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
242
2018— Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 46%
Amanda Lesley Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,972
Andrew Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,716
Peter Carlill
Labour Party
3,086
Roderic Wood
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,039
Nicole Sharpe
Labour Party
2,597
Naheem Alam
Labour Party
2,483
Ellen Graham
Green Party
733
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
387
Robert Jacques
Liberal Democrats
220
Benedict Turner-Chastney
Liberal Democrats
190
2016— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 40%
Andrew Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,674
Peter Carlill
Labour Party
2,269
Malcolm Steele
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
596
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
249
Clive Lord
Green Party
161
2015— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 72%
Amanda Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
6,005
John Bracken
Labour Party
4,651
Joe Murgatroyd
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
1,119
Clive Lord
Green Party
560
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
431
2014— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 40%
Rod Wood
Conservative and Unionist Party
2,670
John Bracken
Labour Party
2,476
Joseph Murgatroyd
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
1,242
Clive Lord
Green Party
349
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
256
2012— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 37%
Andrew Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,436
Rachel Seabright
Labour Party
2,142
Alistair McDowall
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
433
Clive Lord
Green Party
297
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
218
2011— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 42%
Joseph Marjoram
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,568
Carol Hughes
Labour Party
3,158
Jude Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
685
2010— Conservative and Unionist Party elected
Rod Wood
Conservative and Unionist Party
4,964
Andrew Jarosz
Labour Party
4,318
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
2,403
Robert Leary
British National Party
790
2008— Conservative and Unionist Party, Conservative and Unionist Party elected
Andrew Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
4,283
Joseph Marjoram
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,159
Lorraine Hoy
Labour Party
1,327
Andrew Jarosz
Labour Party
1,262
Kate Arbuckle
Liberal Democrats
836
Jane Hollings
British National Party
666
Robert Leary
British National Party
637
Chris Read
Liberal Democrats
613
2007— Conservative and Unionist Party elected
Amanda Carter
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,775
Andrew Jarosz
Labour Party
1,635
Robert Leary
British National Party
872
Kathryn Gagen
Liberal Democrats
778
2006— Conservative and Unionist Party elected
Frank Robinson
Conservative and Unionist Party
3,272
Andrew Jarosz
Labour Party
1,773
Robert Leary
British National Party
987
Laura Harmes
Liberal Democrats
944
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
What’s It To Me?
Leeds City: Calverley & Farsley ward in numbers
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
425 people in Calverley & Farsley ward, 2.7% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Leeds
Average price £247,695, up 3.8% on a year earlier (July 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £151,734
Detached houses: £454,505
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, July 2026
113 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
violent crime: 50
anti social behaviour: 18
public order: 10
drugs: 8
vehicle crime: 7
criminal damage arson: 5
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Calverley & Farsley, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Andrew Carter, Conservative and Unionist
Craig Timmins, Labour Party
Peter Carlill, Labour Party
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Leeds council (99 seats in 2026): Conservative 14, Labour 48, Liberal Democrat 6, Green 11, Reform UK 10, Other 10. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
